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A22641 St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.; De civitate Dei. English Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Healey, John, d. 1610.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. 1610 (1610) STC 916; ESTC S106897 1,266,989 952

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adonis_n his_o sake_n who_o be_v their_o countryman_n they_o keep_v her_o feast_n with_o tear_n and_o present_v her_o mourning_n for_o he_o macrob._n she_o have_v a_o statue_n on_o mount_n libanus_n which_o lean_v the_o head_n upon_o the_o hand_n and_o be_v of_o a_o very_a sad_a aspect_n so_o that_o one_o will_v have_v think_v that_o true_a tear_n have_v fall_v from_o her_o eye_n that_o the_o devil_n bring_v mankind_n to_o this_o will_v be_v more_o apparent_a say_v eusebius_n if_o you_o consider_v but_o the_o adultery_n of_o the_o phaenician_o at_o this_o day_n in_o heliopolis_n and_o elsewhere_o they_o offer_v those_o filthy_a act_n as_o first_o fruit_n unto_o their_o god_n euseb._n de_fw-fr praeparat_fw-la euang_n which_o i_o have_v set_v down_o that_o man_n may_v see_v what_o his_o opinion_n be_v hereof_o though_o my_o copy_n of_o this_o work_n of_o his_o be_v exceed_v false_o transcribe_v this_o custom_n of_o prostitution_n the_o augilare_v of_o africa_n do_v also_o use_v that_o 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this_o reason_n will_v we_o find_v a_o easy_a way_n to_o persuade_v all_o such_o as_o have_v not_o harden_v their_o heart_n to_o be_v of_o our_o opinion_n l._n vives_n honour_n a_o for_o you_o see_v say_v tully_n marcellus_n have_v renew_v the_o temple_n of_o honour_n the_o which_o qu._n maximus_n build_v long_o before_o in_o the_o ligurian_a war_n de_fw-fr nat_n de_fw-fr lib._n 2._o temple_n there_o be_v one_o temple_n in_o rome_n both_o to_o virtue_n and_o honour_n which_o c._n marius_n build_v but_o it_o be_v in_o diverse_a pertition_n for_o one_o room_n may_v not_o serve_v they_o both_o as_o the_o college_n of_o priest_n answer_v marcellus_n in_o his_o eight_o consulshippe_n the_o old_a roman_n sacrifice_v bareheaded_a unto_o honour_n but_o cover_v to_o all_o beside_o plut._n prob._n of_o the_o worship_n of_o one_o god_n only_o who_o name_n although_o they_o know_v not_o yet_o they_o take_v he_o for_o the_o giver_n of_o felicity_n chap._n 25._o for_o if_o man_n weakness_n observe_v thus_o much_o that_o felicity_n can_v not_o come_v but_o from_o some_o god_n and_o that_o this_o be_v perceive_v by_o those_o that_o worship_v so_o many_o god_n who_o therefore_o will_v call_v he_o that_o they_o think_v can_v give_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o know_v no_o other_o name_n he_o have_v this_o prove_v sufficient_o that_o jupiter_n can_v not_o give_v felicity_n who_o they_o worship_v already_o but_o only_o he_o who_o they_o worship_v under_o the_o name_n of_o felicity_n so_o then_o be_v it_o confirm_v that_o they_o think_v felicity_n can_v not_o be_v give_v but_o by_o a_o god_n that_o they_o know_v not_o well_o seek_v but_o he_o out_o then_o and_o give_v he_o his_o due_a worship_n and_o it_o suffice_v cashier_v this_o return_n of_o innumerable_a and_o as_o unnecessary_a god_n nay_o devil_n let_v not_o that_o god_n suffice_v the_o worship_n who_o gift_n be_v not_o sufficient_a hold_v not_o i_o say_v that_o god_n for_o a_o sufficient_a giver_n of_o 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villain_n invent_v upon_o he_o who_o will_v serve_v he_o that_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o devil_n be_v this_o the_o founder_n enlarge_a and_o establisher_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o be_v he_o not_o more_o base_a and_o abject_a than_o any_o roman_a that_o behold_v he_o thus_o present_v can_v he_o give_v happiness_n that_o love_v this_o unhappy_a worship_n and_o will_v be_v more_o unhappy_o angry_a if_o it_o be_v not_o afford_v he_o l._n vives_n fiction_n a_o of_o homer_n say_v tully_n i_o approve_v not_o homer_n for_o say_v that_o jove_n do_v take_v up_o ganymed_n for_o his_o form_n and_o person_n this_o be_v not_o a_o just_a cause_n to_o anger_n laomedon_n but_o homer_n feign_v transfer_v humane_a affect_n unto_o the_o god_n i_o have_v rather_o he_o have_v transfer_v they_o to_o we_o which_o of_o they_o to_o flourish_n to_o be_v wise_a witty_a and_o memorative_n a_o most_o grave_a sentence_n tax_v their_o impious_a superstition_n that_o proportion_n god_n attribute_n unto_o 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whereof_o scaevola_n dispute_v chap._n 27._o it_o be_v leave_v in_o memory_n that_o scaevola_n a_o their_o learned_a high_a priest_n dispute_v of_o three_o kind_n of_o god_n that_o be_v teach_v by_o author_n one_o by_o the_o poet_n one_o by_o the_o philosopher_n one_o by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o city_n b_o the_o first_o sort_n he_o say_v be_v but_o foolery_n much_o of_o their_o doctrine_n be_v fictious_a the_o second_o disagree_v from_o a_o politic_a state_n have_v much_o superfluity_n and_o diverse_a inconvenience_n for_o the_o superfluity_n it_o be_v no_o great_a mater_fw-la for_o it_o be_v a_o say_n among_o man_n superfluity_n hurt_v not_o but_o what_o be_v the_o inconvenience_n to_o deny_v open_o that_o hercules_n aesculapius_n castor_n and_o pollux_n be_v god_n for_o the_o philosopher_n teach_v
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roman_n be_v a_o hundred_o threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n without_o idol_n and_o have_v they_o be_v so_o still_o quoth_v he_o religion_n have_v be_v keep_v the_o pure_a to_o prove_v which_o he_o produce_v among_o other_o the_o jew_n and_o conclude_v that_o who-so-eve_a they_o be_v that_o first_o invent_v image_n they_o free_v the_o city_n from_o all_o awe_n and_o add_v unto_o error_n be_v well_o advise_v that_o the_o sencelesnesse_n of_o the_o idol_n will_v make_v the_o god_n themselves_o seem_v contemptible_a but_o whereas_o he_o ●…aith_v they_o add_v unto_o error_n that_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v some_o error_n there_o before_o that_o image_n come_v in_o and_o therefore_o his_o say_n that_o these_o only_o discern_v god_n which_o call_v he_o a_o soul_n govern_v the_o world_n and_o his_o opinion_n that_o the_o god_n honour_n will_v have_v be_v pure_a without_o image_n these_o position_n declare_v how_o near_o the_o truth_n he_o draw_v for_o can_v he_o have_v do_v any_o good_a 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spirit_n have_v deliver_v us._n l._n vives_n the_o a_o teletae_n a_o sacrifice_n most_o secret_a and_o most_o sumptuous_a so_o call_v because_o it_o consume_v telet●…_n so_o much_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o end_v or_o to_o consume_v that_o some_o think_v they_o have_v their_o name_n from_o the●…_n perfection_n they_o belong_v to_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n as_o porphyry_n write_v and_o be_v beside_o expiation_n to_o bacchus_n record_v in_o orpheus_n and_o mus●…us_n plat._n de_fw-fr rep._n lib._n 2._o that_o t●…ght_n how_o to_o purge_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o city_n the_o live_n the_o dead_a and_o every_o private_a man_n by_o sacrifice_n play_n and_o all_o delight_n and_o the_o whole_a form_n of_o it_o all_o be_v call_v ●…eletae_fw-la though_o pla●…_n say_v the_o teletae_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o dead_a and_o free_v man_n from_o all_o the_o evil_n in_o hell_n b_o s●…cret_a of_o ceres_n and_o other_o c_o the_o old_a numa_n forbid_v the_o roman_n to_o think_v that_o god_n have_v 〈◊〉_d shape_n of_o man_n or_o woman_n plut._n in_o vit_fw-mi num._n nor_o have_v they_o any_o picture_n at_o all_o o●…_n any_o god_n for_o the_o first_o hundred_o three_o score_n and_o te●…e_v year_n they_o build_v only_a temple_n and_o little_a oratory_n but_o never_o a_o image_n in_o they_o for_o they_o hold_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o liken_v the_o better_a to_o the_o worse_o or_o to_o conceive_v god_n in_o any_o form_n but_o their_o intelligence_n euseb_n dyony_n also_o say_v that_o numa_n build_v the_o god_n temple_n but_o no_o image_n come_v in_o they_o because_o he_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v no_o shape_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n follow_v the_o greek_n foolery_n and_o the_o tuscan_n rome_n first_o teach_v the_o erection_n of_o statue_n which_o tertullian_n intimate_v say_v go_v to_o now_o religion_n have_v profit_v for_o though_o numa_n invent_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o curious_a superstition_n yet_o neither_o be_v there_o temple_n nor_o statue_n as_o yet_o enter_v into_o 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thara_n b_o thara_n seventy_o and_o beget_v abram_n who_o god_n afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n so_o then_o from_o the_o deluge_n to_o abraham_n be_v one_o thousand_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d year_n according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n that_o be_v the_o septuagint_n but_o 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n the_o year_n be_v far_o few_o whereof_o we_o can_v hear_v little_a or_o no_o 〈◊〉_d show_v 〈◊〉_d therefore_o in_o this_o quest_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n we_o can_v say_v in_o this_o time_n 〈◊〉_d those_o man_n be_v not_o all_o of_o one_o language_n those_o seventy_o and_o two_o na●…_n mean_v wherein_o we_o seek_v it_o that_o all_o mankind_n be_v fall_v from_o god_n 〈◊〉_d ●…uice_n but_o that_o it_o remain_v only_o in_o sem_n generation_n descend_v to_o 〈◊〉_d by_o arphaxad_n but_o the_o earthly_a city_n be_v visible_a enough_o in_o that_o pre●…ion_n of_o build_v the_o tower_n up_o to_o heaven_n the_o true_a type_n of_o devilish_a exal●…_n therein_o be_v it_o apparent_a and_o ever_o after_o that_o but_o whether_o this_o other_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ot_v before_o or_o lay_v hide_v or_o rather_o both_o remain_v in_o noah_n son_n the_o godly_a 〈◊〉_d two_o bless_a one_o and_o the_o wicked_a in_o that_o one_o accurse_a from_o who_o that_o 〈◊〉_d giant-hunter_n against_o the_o lord_n descend_v it_o be_v hard_o to_o discern_v for_o it_o may_v 〈◊〉_d that_o most_o likely_a that_o before_o the_o build_n of_o babylon_n god_n may_v have_v 〈◊〉_d of_o some_o of_o cham_n child_n and_o the_o deulil_n of_o some_o of_o sem_n and_o japhet_n 〈◊〉_d may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o earth_n want_v of_o either_o sort_n for_o that_o say_v 〈◊〉_d all_o go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n they_o be_v all_o corrupt_a there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o do_v good_a no_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d even_o in_o both_o the_o psalm_n that_o have_v this_o say_n this_o follow_v do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d work_v iniquity_n know_v that_o they_o eat_v up_o my_o people_n as_o it_o be_v bread_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d his_o people_n then_o and_o therefore_o that_o same_o no_o not_o one_o be_v mean_v restric●…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o he_o say_v before_o 〈◊〉_d look_v down_o from_o heaven_n upon_o the_o son_n of_o man_n to_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ld_v understand_v and_o seek_v god_n and_o then_o the_o addition_n that_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v those_o that_o live_v after_o the_o law_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o not_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ome_v he_o speak_v of_o l._n vives_n arphaxad_v a_o from_o he_o say_v hierome_n the_o chaldaean_n descend_v b_o thara_n the_o 70._o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hebrew_n terah_n tha_z the_o hebrew_a tongue_n so_o call_v afterward_o of_o heber_n be_v the_o first_o language_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o remain_v in_o his_o family_n when_o that_o great_a confusion_n be_v chap._n 11._o wherefore_o even_o as_o sin_n want_v not_o son_n when_o they_o have_v all_o but_o one_o language_n for_o so_o it_o be_v before_o the_o deluge_n and_o yet_o all_o deserve_a to_o perish_v therein_o but_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n so_o when_o man_n presumption_n be_v punish_v with_o his_o language_n confusion_n whence_o the_o city_n babylon_n their_o proud_a work_n have_v the_o name_n heber_n a_o house_n fail_v not_o but_o keep_v the_o old_a language_n still_o where-upon_o as_o i_o say_v heber_n be_v reckon_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o sem_fw-mi who_o beget_v each_o of_o they_o a_o whole_a nation_n yet_o be_v he_o the_o five_o from_o seth_n in_o descent_n so_o then_o because_o this_o language_n remain_v in_o his_o house_n that_o be_v confound_v in_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v credible_o hold_v the_o only_a language_n upon_o earth_n before_o this_o hence_o it_o have_v tongue_n the_o name_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n for_o than_o it_o be_v to_o be_v nominal_o distinct_a from_o the_o other_o tongue_n as_o other_o tongue_n have_v their_o proper_a name_n but_o when_o it_o be_v the_o tongue_n of_o all_o it_o have_v no_o name_n but_o the_o tongue_n or_o language_n of_o mankind_n wherein_o all_o man_n speak_v some_o may_v say_v if_o that_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o language_n in_o phalech_n time_n heber_n son_n it_o shall_v rather_o have_v be_v call_v his_o name_n then_o heber_n o_o but_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o b_o heber_n do_v therefore_o give_v his_o son_n phalec_n such_o a_o name_n that_o be_v division_n because_o he_o be_v bear_v unto_o he_o just_a at_o the_o time_n when_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v so_o mean_v the_o scripture_n when_o it_o say_v in_o his_o day_n the_o earth_n be_v divide_v for_o if_o heber_n be_v not_o live_v when_o the_o confusion_n befall_v the_o tongue_n that_o be_v to_o remain_v in_o his_o family_n shall_v not_o have_v
abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n which_o belong_v ah_o unto_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o now_o have_v superstition_n get_v great_a head_n in_o chaldaea_n as_o it_o have_v all_o over_o else_o so_o there_o be_v but_o only_o the_o house_n of_o thara_n abraham_n father_n that_o serve_v god_n true_o and_o by_o all_o likelihood_n keep_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n pure_a though_o that_o as_o josuah_n tell_v the_o hebrew_n as_o they_o be_v god_n evident_a people_n in_o egypt_n so_o in_o mesopotamia_n they_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n all_o heber_n other_o son_n become_v other_o nation_n or_o be_v commix_v with_o other_o therefore_o even_o as_o in_o the_o deluge_n of_o water_n noah_n house_n remain_v alone_o to_o repair_v mankind_n so_o in_o this_o deluge_n of_o sin_n and_o superstition_n thare_v house_n only_o remain_v as_o the_o place_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v plant_v and_o keep_v and_o even_o as_o before_o the_o deluge_n the_o generation_n of_o all_o from_o adam_n the_o number_n of_o year_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v all_o reckon_v up_o before_o god_n begin_v to_o speak_v of_o build_v the_o ark_n the_o scripture_n say_v of_o noah_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o noah_n even_o so_o here_o have_v reckon_v all_o from_o sem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n down_o unto_o abraham_n he_o put_v this_o to_o the_o conclusion_n as_o a_o point_n of_o much_o moment_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o thara_n thara_n beget_v abraham_n nachor_n and_o aram_n and_o aram_n die_v before_o b_o his_o father_n thara_n in_o the_o land_n wherein_o he_o be_v bear_v be_v a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n and_o abraham_n and_o nachor_n take_v they_o wife_n the_o name_n of_o abraham_n wife_n be_v sarah_n and_o the_o name_n of_o nachor_n wife_n be_v melca_n the_o daughter_n of_o aram_n who_o be_v father_n both_o to_o melca_n and_o jesea_n who_o some_o hold_v also_o to_o be_v sara_n abraham_n wife_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o belong_v for_o mela_n pliny_n strabo_n and_o other_o place_n chaldaea_n in_o assyria_n and_o 〈◊〉_d only_o a_o part_n of_o that_o assyria_n which_o the_o ancient_a writer_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o sy●…_n 〈◊〉_d country_n but_o of_o that_o assyria_n also_o which_o strabo_n call_v the_o babylonian_a assyria_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d make_v a_o difference_n between_o syria_n and_o assyria_n cyropaed_n 1._o b_o before_o in_o his_o fa●…_n 〈◊〉_d so_o all_o interpreter_n take_v it_o augustine_n may_v perhaps_o understand_v it_o before_o his_o 〈◊〉_d to_o charra_n which_o be_v part_n of_o chaldaea_n charrah_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n where_o charra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v crassus_n the_o roman_a general_n ●…hy_a there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o nachor_n tharas_n son_n in_o his_o departure_n from_o chaldaea_n to_o mesopotamia_n chap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n proceed_v and_o declare_v how_o thara_n and_o his_o family_n leave_v ●…ldaea_n and_o come_v a_o into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d ●…chor_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o go_v with_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o thara_n take_v abraham_n his_o son_n and_o let_v his_o grandchild_n abra●…_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n his_o son_n abraham_n wife_n and_o he_o lead_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d country_n of_o chaldaea_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o 〈◊〉_d there_o here_o be_v no_o word_n of_o nachor_n nor_o his_o wife_n melcha_n but_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n to_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o find_v it_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o so_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o of_o his_o master_n camel_n and_o of_o his_o master_n ●…4_n 〈◊〉_d ●…th_v he_o and_o depart_v and_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n into_o the_o city_n of_o nachor_n ●…ce_n and_o other_o beside_o do_v prove_v that_o nachor_n go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n al●…●…led_v himself_o in_o mesopotamia_n where_o abraham_n and_o his_o father_n have_v dwell_v 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o scripture_n than_o remember_v he_o when_o thara_n go_v thence_o to_o 〈◊〉_d where_o when_o it_o make_v mention_n both_o of_o abraham_n and_o lot_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d ●…and-childe_n and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n in_o this_o transmigration_n what_o 〈◊〉_d think_v but_o that_o he_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n and_o brother_n religion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n superstition_n and_o afterward_o either_o repent_v for_o his_o fact_n 〈◊〉_d ●…secuted_v by_o the_o country_n suspect_v he_o to_o be_v hollow-harted_n depar●…_n himself_o also_o for_o holophernes_n israel_n enemy_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judith_n 〈◊〉_d what_o nation_n they_o be_v and_o whether_o he_o ought_v to_o fight_v against_o they_o 〈◊〉_d answer_v by_o achior_n captain_n of_o the_o ammonite_n let_v my_o lord_n hear_v the_o 〈◊〉_d mouth_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o the_o truth_n concern_v this_o people_n 〈◊〉_d these_o mountain_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o lie_n come_v out_o of_o thy_o servant_n mouth_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o they_o dwell_v before_o in_o 〈◊〉_d ●…ia_fw-la because_o they_o will_v not_o follow_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n that_o 〈◊〉_d ●…us_a in_o the_o land_n of_o chaldaea_n but_o they_o leave_v the_o way_n of_o their_o ancestor_n &_o 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n of_o heaven_n who_o they_o know_v so_o that_o they_o cast_v they_o out_o from_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n and_o they_o flee_v into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v there_o many_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n command_v they_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o chanaan_n where_o they_o dwell_v and_o so_o forth_o as_o 〈◊〉_d ammonite_n relate_v hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o thara_n his_o family_n be_v per●…_n the_o chaldaean_n for_o their_o religion_n because_o they_o worship_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d god_n l._n vives_n mesopotamia_n mesopotamia_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o two_o sea_n for_o it_o lay_v all_o be●…_n mesopotamia_n 〈◊〉_d and_o euphrates_n of_o the_o age_n of_o thara_n who_o live_v in_o charra_n until_o his_o die_a day_n chap._n 14._o thara_n die_v in_o mesopotamia_n where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o after_o his_o death_n the_o promise_n that_o god_n make_v to_o abraham_n begin_v to_o be_v manifest_v of_o thara_n it_o be_v thus_o record_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n he_o live_v not_o there_o all_o this_o time_n you_o must_v think_v but_o because_o he_o end_v his_o time_n which_o amount_v unto_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v say_v so_o otherwise_o we_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o year_n he_o live_v because_o we_o have_v not_o the_o time_n record_v when_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o it_o be_v fondness_n to_o imagine_v that_o in_o that_o catalogue_n where_o all_o their_o age_n be_v record_v his_o only_a shall_v be_v leave_v out_o for_o whereas_o the_o scripture_n name_v some_o and_o yet_o name_v not_o their_o year_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o they_o belong_v not_o to_o that_o generation_n that_o be_v so_o lineal_o draw_v down_o from_o man_n to_o man_n for_o the_o stem_n that_o be_v derive_v from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n and_o from_o he_o unto_o abraham_n name_v no_o man_n without_o record_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n also_o of_o the_o time_n wherein_o abraham_n receive_v the_o promise_n from_o god_n and_o depart_v from_o charra_n chap._n 15._o but_o whereas_o we_o read_v that_o after_o thara_n death_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o time_n though_o it_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o scripture_n for_o so_o we_o shall_v fall_v into_o a_o b_o inextricable_a doubt_n for_o after_o these_o word_n unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n follow_v thus_o so_o abraham_n depart_v as_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o and_o abraham_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charra_n how_o can_v this_o be_v true_a now_o if_o abraham_n go_v not_o out_o of_o charra_n until_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n for_o thara_n beget_v he_o as_o we_o say_v before_o at_o the_o seaventith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n unto_o which_o add_v seventy_o five_o year_n the_o age_n of_o abraham_n at_o this_o his_o departure_n from_o charra_n and_o it_o make_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n so_o old_a therefore_o be_v thara_n when_o abraham_n depart_v from_o charra_n that_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n for_o
he_o this_o many_o year_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o departure_n but_o if_o it_o be_v make_v then_o then_o be_v abraham_n with_o his_o father_n in_o charra_n for_o he_o can_v not_o depart_v from_o thence_o unless_o he_o have_v first_o inhabit_v there_o do_v not_o this_o then_o contradict_v steven_n say_v that_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o in_o mesopotamia_n before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o we_o must_v conceive_v 2._o that_o this_o be_v in_o one_o year_n god_n promise_n to_o abraham_n first_o abraham_n dwell_v in_o charra_n next_o and_o last_o his_o departure_n not_o only_o because_o eusebius_n his_o computation_n be_v thus_o account_v four_o hundred_o thirty_o year_n from_o this_o year_n unto_o the_o israelite_n freedom_n out_o of_o egypt_n but_o also_o because_o the_o apostle_n b_o paul_n mention_v it_o 17_o likewise_o l._n vives_n eusebius_n a_o think_v these_o be_v his_o word_n arius_n the_o four_o reign_v in_o assyria_n and_o t●…alassion_n in_o sycionia_n abraham_n be_v seventie_o five_o year_n old_a be_v speak_v unto_o by_o god_n and_o receive_v the_o promise_n b_o paul_n galat._n 3._o 17._o the_o law_n which_o be_v give_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n of_o the_o three_o most_o eminent_a kingdom_n of_o the_o world_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o in_o abraham_n time_n be_v most_o excellent_a of_o all_o chap._n 17._o at_o this_o time_n there_o be_v diverse_a famous_a kingdom_n upon_o earth_n that_o be_v society_n of_o man_n live_v carnal_o &_o in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o apostatical_a power_n three_o of_o which_o be_v most_o illustrious_a the_o a_o sycionians_n the_o b_o egyptian_n &_o the_o assyrian_n which_o be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o for_o ninus_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n conquer_v all_o asia_n except_v india_n only_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v by_o asia_n c_o which_o be_v now_o but_o one_o province_n of_o the_o great_a asia_n but_o that_o which_o contain_v it_o all_o which_o some_o make_v the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n divide_v the_o whole_a earth_n into_o asia_n europe_n &_o africa_n &_o some_o d_o make_v it_o the_o asia_n 〈◊〉_d divide_v the_o whole_a into_o two_o only_a other_o divide_v all_o into_o three_o e_z equal_a 〈◊〉_d asia_n in_o the_o east_n from_o the_o north_n to_o the_o south_n europe_n f_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o west_n and_o g_o africa_n from_o the_o west_n unto_o the_o south_n so_o that_o europe_n and_o africa_n be_v but_o the_o half_a of_o the_o world_n and_o asia_n the_o other_o half_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d first_o be_v make_v two_o part_n because_o h_z all_o the_o water_n that_o come_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d run_v in_o betwixt_o they_o two_o make_v i_z our_o great_a sea_n so_o that_o divide_v but_o the_o world_n into_o two_o and_o asia_n shall_v be_v one_o half_a and_o europe_n and_o africa_n the_o other_o therefore_o sicyonia_n one_o of_o the_o three_o eminent_a kingdom_n be_v not_o under_o the_o assy●…_n monarchy_n for_o it_o lay_v in_o 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of_o it_o rule_v achaia_n and_o sytion_n be_v their_o place_n of_o abode_n it_o sicyon_n 〈◊〉_d achaia_n and_o aegialia_n of_o the_o king_n thereof_o in_o old_a time_n pliny_n and_o all_o peloponesus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d thereafter_o euseb._n afterward_o it_o be_v call_v apia_n of_o king_n apis_n the_o four_o and_o 〈◊〉_d ●…oponesus_fw-la of_o pelops_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pelops_n i_o will_v for_o it_o be_v a_o half_a island_n pausanias_n pelopom●…sus_n 〈◊〉_d peloponesus_fw-la be_v not_o call_v aegialia_n but_o only_o that_o part_n towards_o the_o sea_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●…all_n or_o sea-coasting_a and_o afterward_o sicyonia_n of_o king_n sicyon_n of_o he_o hereafter_o 〈◊〉_d the_o thebaean_o rule_v here_o in_o those_o day_n a_o country_n in_o delta_n name_v so_o by_o the_o rich_a 〈◊〉_d city_n of_o thebes_n c_o that_o which_o of_o asia_n minor_a hereafter_o d_o some_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d sallust_n divide_v the_o world_n but_o into_o two_o part_n asia_n and_o europe_n make_v africa_n a_o 〈◊〉_d ●…pe_n in_o bello_fw-la jugurth_n there-upon_a sylius_n say_v of_o lybia_n that_o it_o be_v either_o a_o great_a 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n those_o that_o divide_v not_o africa_n from_o europe_n do_v 〈◊〉_d the_o temperature_n of_o the_o wind_n and_o upon_o the_o heaven_n as_o lucan_n say_v lib_n 〈◊〉_d tertia_fw-la pars_fw-la rerum_fw-la lybie_n si_fw-la credere_fw-la famae_fw-la cuncta_fw-la velis_fw-la at_o si_fw-la ventos_fw-la calumque_fw-la sequaris_fw-la pars_fw-la erit_fw-la europae_n nec_fw-la enim_fw-la plus_fw-la littora_fw-la nili_n quam_fw-la scythicus_fw-la tanais_n primus_fw-la à_fw-la gadibus_fw-la absunt_fw-la lybia_n the_o world_n three_o part_n or_o author_n lie_v but_o if_o you_o ground_n upon_o the_o wind_n and_o sky_n it_o be_v part_n of_o europe_n tanais_n shore_n and_o niles_n lie_v a_o like_a distant_a from_o the_o gades_n iles._n 〈◊〉_d ●…ward_n upon_o this_o question_n e_z equal_a some_o read_v unequal_a better_a for_o africa_n be_v 〈◊〉_d europe_n and_o asia_n great_a than_o both_o which_o lie_v in_o a_o large_a quantity_n to_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d africa_n and_o the_o sea_n between_o they_o both_o contain_v as_o mela_n say_v but_o he_o fol●…●…olde_v tradition_n for_o we_o have_v now_o discover_v a_o great_a part_n of_o africa_n towards_o the_o 〈◊〉_d ●…owne_v before_o f_z europe_n from_o the_o north_n on_o the_o north_n side_n europe_n be_v bound_v 〈◊〉_d sea_n and_o the_o british_a ocean_n on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantike_a ocean_n on_o the_o europe_n 〈◊〉_d ●…he_v mediterrane_n sea_n and_o on_o the_o east_n with_o hellespont_n the_o two_o bosphori_n the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o river_n of_o tanais_n g_o africa_n africa_n be_v bound_v on_o the_o east_n 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o west_n with_o the_o atlantic_a sea_n on_o the_o north_n with_o our_o sea_n and_o on_o the_o south_n 〈◊〉_d ●…opian_a ocean_n but_o thus_o the_o old_a writer_n unperfect_o limit_v it_o the_o portugal_n 〈◊〉_d ●…ed_v it_o far_o more_o full_o h_z all_o the_o water_n the_o bruges_n copy_n read_v because_o our_o sea_n come_v from_o the_o ocean_n between_o they_o both_o the_o sea_n that_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n call_v the_o mediterrane_n sea_n be_v we_o for_o no_o other_o sea_n come_v near_o they_o it_o stretch_v according_a to_o mela_n from_o hercules_n his_o pillar_n to_o the_o bay_n of_o issus_n on_o the_o east_n to_o meotis_n and_o tanais_n on_o the_o north_n lie_v between_o europe_n and_o africa_n in_o one-place_n and_o between_o europe_n and_o asia_n in_o another_o ay_o our_o great_a sea_n that_o which_o flow_v from_o the_o ocean_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o europe_n and_o africa_n and_o be_v broad_a between_o the_o bay_n of_o liguria_n and_o hippon_n where_o augustine_n dwell_v who_o therefore_o call_v it_o great_a k_o egypt_n must_v egypt_n be_v not_o all_o asia_n but_o a_o part_n of_o it_o lie_v from_o nilus_n to_o the_o east_n yet_o do_v it_o not_o obey_v the_o 〈◊〉_d assyrian_n but_o be_v a_o mighty_a kingdom_n of_o itself_o and_o make_v great_a war_n upon_o assyria_n and_o overran_a much_o of_o it_o if_o we_o may_v give_v credence_n to_o their_o book_n of_o god_n second_o promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n chap._n 18._o so_o abraham_n at_o the_o seventie_o five_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n and_o the_o hundred_o forty_o five_o of_o his_o father_n leave_v charra_n and_o take_v lot_n his_o brother_n son_n with_o he_o and_o sara_n his_o wife_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n even_o unto_o a_o sichem_n where_o he_o receive_v this_o second_o promise_n the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o abraham_n and_o say_v 1●…_n unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n this_o promise_n concern_v not_o that_o seed_n of_o he_o whereby_o he_o be_v to_o become_v
so_o she_o be_v indeed_o both_o these_o and_o withal_o of_o such_o beauty_n that_o she_o be_v amiable_a even_o at_o those_o year_n l._n vives_n a_o shower_n a_o of_o fire_n of_o this_o combustion_n many_o profane_a author_n make_v mention_n strabo_n say_v that_o city_n be_v consume_v by_o that_o fire_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n thereabouts_o report_v the_o pool_n that_o remain_v where_o sodom_n stand_v the_o chief_a city_n be_v sixty_o furlong_n about_o many_o of_o they_o also_o mention_v the_o lake_n asphalt_n where_o the_o bitumen_n grow_v b_o apiller_n josephus_n say_v he_o do_v see_v it_o of_o isaac_n bear_v at_o the_o time_n prefix_v and_o name_v so_o because_o of_o his_o parent_n laughter_n chap._n 31._o after_o this_o abraham_n according_a to_o god_n promise_n have_v a_o son_n by_o sarah_n and_o call_v he_o isaac_n that_o be_v laughter_n for_o his_o father_n laugh_v for_o joy_n and_o admiration_n when_o he_o be_v first_o promise_v and_o his_o mother_n when_o the_o three_o man_n 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joseph_n some_o ●…y_n there_o be_v one_o apis_n a_o rich_a king_n of_o memphis_n who_o in_o a_o great_a famine_n relieve_v all_o alexandria_n at_o his_o proper_a cost_n and_o charge_n where-upon_o they_o erect_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o keep_v a_o ox_n therein_o for_o a_o type_n of_o his_o husbandry_n have_v certain_a spot_n on_o his_o back_n and_o this_o ox_n be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n apis._n his_o tomb_n wherein_o he_o be_v bu●…ed_v be_v remove_v to_o alexandria_n and_o so_o himself_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o apis_n be_v call_v sorapis_n and_o afterward_o ●…pis_fw-la alexander_n build_v he_o a_o goodly_a temple_n thus_o much_o out_o of_o suidas_n and_o the_o like_a be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d eccles._n hist._n lib._n 11._o the_o argive_n king_n say_v eusebius_n prep_n lib._n 10_o out_o of_o aristippus_n his_o ●…ry_n of_o arcadia_n lib._n 2._o call_v apis_n build_v memphis_n in_o egypt_n who_o aristeus_n the_o argive_a call_v sarapis_n and_o this_o 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which_o be_v in_o the_o priest_n hand_n may_v never_o come_v to_o light_v for_o fear_n of_o reveal_v the_o truth_n and_o dear_o must_v he_o pay_v for_o it_o that_o publish_v it_o this_o god_n that_o lay_v his_o finger_n on_o his_o lip_n in_o sign_n of_o silence_n hight_v harpocrates_n varro_fw-la de_fw-fr ling_n let_fw-mi lib._n 3._o where_o he_o affirm_v that_o isis_n and_o serapis_n be_v the_o two_o great_a god_n earth_n and_o heaven_n this_o harpocrates_n harpocrates_n ausonius_n call_v sigalion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v silent_a pliny_n and_o catullus_n mention_v he_o often_o when_o they_o note_v a_o silent_a fellow_n and_o his_o name_n be_v proverbial_a plutarch_n lib._n the_o ●…s_n &_o osyr_n say_v he_o be_v their_o son_n get_v by_o osiris_n upon_o